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31
Wingstop Restaurants
Chicken wings
Dallas
1994/1998 ALL C,I** 766/19 894/20 1,035/21 $346.8K-$733.2K/
$20K
6% YES NO NO
5
Bojangles’ Famous Chicken ‘n Biscuits
Chicken, biscuits, iced tea
Charlotte, N.C.
1977/1978 MW,S,
SE*
NO 377/267 397/296 426/314 $1.4M-$2.2M/
$25K
4% YES NO NO
153
Chester’s
Chicken
Birmingham, Ala.
1952/2004 ALL C,I** 1,117/0 1,116/0 1,156/0^1 $12K-$296.6K/
TO $3.5K
0YESNOYES
233
KFC US
Chicken
Louisville, Ky.
1930/1952 ALL C,I 14,136/
5,258
14,585/
5,321
19,463/
1,363
$1.5M-$2.6M/
$45K
5% YES NO NO
281
Champs Chicken
Fried chicken, fried fish, sides
Holts Summit, Mo.
1998/2013 ALL NO 263/0 418/0 397/0 $9K-$349K/
$0
0 YES YES YES
3
Golden Chick
Chicken
Richardson, Texas
1967/1972 MW,S,
SE,SW
I** 125/6 149/10 156/14 $235.5K-$484K/
$30K
4% YES NO NO
NR
Chicken Salad Chick
Chicken salads, soups, sides
Auburn, Ala.
2008/2012 S,SE NO 30/8 49/8 58/12 $439.5K-$604.5K/
$50K
5% YES NO NO
Hurricane Grill & Wings/Hurricane BTW
Chicken wings, tenders, sandwiches, salads
West Palm Beach, Fla.
1995/2006 ALL NO 61/9 62/8 55/8 $225.3K-$969K/
$35K
5% YES NO NO
Wing It On
Chicken wings, sandwiches, wraps
Waterbury, Conn.
2011/2014 NE,S,SE C,I** 1/1 2/1 4/1 $168.5K-$289.5K/
$25K
4.5% YES NO NO
3
Dunkin’ Donuts
Coffee, doughnuts, baked goods
Canton, Mass.
1950/1955 ALL C,I 11,460/0 11,941/0 12,350/0 $228.6K-$1.7M/
$40K-$90K
5.9% NO NO YES
24
Gloria Jean’s Coffees
Specialty coffee
SantaFeSprings,Calif.
1979/1986 ALL C,I 856/0 857/0 856/0 $181.2K-$488.8K/
$15K-$25K
6% YES NO YES
336
The Human Bean Drive Thru
Specialty coffee
Medford, Ore.
1998/2002 ALL NO 42/14 49/13 51/13 $200.6K-$676.2K/
$20K
0 YES NO NO
406
Biggby Coffee
Specialty coffee, tea, smoothies, baked goods
East Lansing, Mich.
1994/1999 MW,S,SE I 190/0 222/0 230/0 $161.4K-$319.1K/
$15K
5% YES NO YES
41
Scooter’s Coffee
Espresso drinks, smoothies, pastries
Omaha, Neb.
1998/2001 ALL* NO 105/19 118/22 149/18 $334K-$514K/
$40K
6% YES NO YES
(^1) Chester’s has 283 additional nonfranchise units.
RANK
Year Began/
Franchising
Since
Available
U.S.
Regions
Seeking
Int’l?
2015
Number of
Franchises/
Company-
Owned
2016
Number of
Franchises/
Company-
Owned
2017
Number of
Franchises/
Company-
Owned
Royalty
Fee
Home-
Based/
Mobile
Opportunity
Kiosk/
Express
Unit
Available?
Financing
Available?
Startup Costs/
Franchise Fee
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